{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/quran/02904.htm","path":"isl/quran/02904.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/quran/02904.htm","text":"The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934]\n31. Walamma jaat rusuluna ibraheema bialbushra qaloo inna muhlikoo ahli hathihi alqaryati inna ahlaha kanoo thalimeena\n31. When Our Messengers came\n To Abraham with the good news,\n They said: \"We are indeed\n Going to destroy the people\n Of this township: for truly\n They are (addicted to) crime.\"\n32. Qala inna feeha lootan qaloo nahnu aAAlamu biman feeha lanunajjiyannahu waahlahu illa imraatahu kanat mina alghabireena\n32. He said: \"But there is\n L\u016b\u1e6d there.\" They said:\n \"Well do we know who\n Is there: we will certainly\n Save him and his following,\u2014\n Except his wife: she is\n Of those who lag behind!\"\n33. Walamma an jaat rusuluna lootan see-a bihim wadaqa bihim tharAAan waqaloo la takhaf wala tahzan inna munajjooka waahlaka illa imraataka kanat mina alghabireena\n33. And when Our Messengers\n Came to L\u016b\u1e6d, he was\n Grieved on their account,\n And felt himself powerless\n (To protect) them: but they said:\n \"Fear thou not, nor grieve:\n We are (here) to save thee\n And thy following, except\n Thy wife: she is\n Of those who lag behind.\n34. Inna munziloona AAala ahli hathihi alqaryati rijzan mina alssama-i bima kanoo yafsuqoona\n34. \"For we are going to\n Bring down on the people\n Of this township a Punishment\n From heaven, because they\n Have been wickedly rebellious.\"\n35. Walaqad tarakna minha ayatan bayyinatan liqawmin yaAAqiloona\n35. And We have left thereof\n An evident Sign,\n For any people who\n (Care to) understand.\n36. Wa-ila madyana akhahum shuAAayban faqala ya qawmi oAAbudoo Allaha waorjoo alyawma al-akhira wala taAAthaw fee al-ardi mufsideena\n36. To the Madyan (people)\n (We sent) their brother Shu\u2018aib.\n Then he said: \"O my people!\n Serve God, and fear the Last\n Day: nor commit evil\n On the earth, with intent\n To do mischief.\"\n37. Fakaththaboohu faakhathat-humu alrrajfatu faasbahoo fee darihim jathimeena\n37. But they rejected him:\n Then the mighty Blast\n Seized them, and they lay\n Prostrate in their homes\n By the morning.\n38. WaAAadan wathamooda waqad tabayyana lakum min masakinihim wazayyana lahumu alshshaytanu aAAmalahum fasaddahum AAani alssabeeli wakanoo mustabsireena\n38. (Remember also) the \u2019Ad\n And the Tham\u016bd (people):\n Clearly will appear to you\n From (the traces) of their buildings\n (Their fate): the Evil One\n Made their deeds alluring\n To them, and kept them hack\n From the Path, though they\n Were gifted with Intelligence\n And Skill.\n39. Waqaroona wafirAAawna wahamana walaqad jaahum moosa bialbayyinati faistakbaroo fee al-ardi wama kanoo sabiqeena\n39. (Remember also) Q\u0101r\u016bn,\n Pharaoh, and Haman: there came\n To them Moses with Clear Signs,\n But they behaved with insolence\n On the earth; yet they\n Could not overreach (Us).\n40. Fakullan akhathna bithanbihi faminhum man arsalna AAalayhi hasiban waminhum man akhathat-hu alssayhatu waminhum man khasafna bihi al-arda waminhum man aghraqna wama kana Allahu liyathlimahum walakin kanoo anfusahum yathlimoona\n40. Each one of them We seized\n For his crime: of them,\n Against some We sent\n A violent tornado (with showers\n Of stones); some were caught\n By a (mighty) Blast; some\n We caused the earth\n To swallow up; and some\n We drowned (in the waters):\n It was net God Who\n Injured (or oppressed) them:\n They injured (and oppressed)\n Their own souls.\n41. Mathalu allatheena ittakhathoo min dooni Allahi awliyaa kamathali alAAankabooti ittakhathat baytan wa-inna awhana albuyooti labaytu alAAankabooti law kanoo yaAAlamoona\n41. The parable of those who\n Take protectors other than God\n Is that of the Spider,\n Who builds (to itself)\nA house; but truly\n The flimsiest of houses\n Is the Spider's house;\u2014\n If they but knew.\n42. Inna Allaha yaAAlamu ma yadAAoona min doonihi min shay-in wahuwa alAAazeezu alhakeemu\n42. Verily God doth know\n Of (every thing) whatever\n That they call upon\n Besides Him: and He is\n Exalted (in power), Wise.\n43. Watilka al-amthalu nadribuha lilnnasi wama yaAAqiluha illa alAAalimoona\n43. And such are the Parables\n We set forth for mankind,\n But only those understand them\n Who have Knowledge.\n44. Khalaqa Allahu alssamawati waal-arda bialhaqqi inna fee thalika laayatan lilmu-mineena\n44. God created the heavens\n And the earth in true (proportions):\n Verily in that is a Sign\n For those who believe.","title":"The Quran: S\u016bra XXIX.: \u2018Ankab\u016bt, or the Spider: Section 4 (31-44)","type":"page"}